The Mercury Mail Transport System is a Mail
Server - a program that sends and receives mail on behalf of a group of
users on a machine or local area network. Mail from the outside world is
received by Mercury and placed in the addressee's mailbox, where the user can
access it at any later point. Messages sent by local users to the outside world
are passed to Mercury, which then takes whatever steps are necessary to deliver
them, removing the burden from the user's workstation and allowing him to
continue with other work
<font face="Arial" size="2">The Mercury Mail Transport System is a <em>Mail
Server</em> - a program that sends and receives mail on behalf of a group of
users on a machine or local area network. Mail from the outside world is
received by Mercury and placed in the addressee's mailbox, where the user can
access it at any later point. Messages sent by local users to the outside world
are passed to Mercury, which then takes whatever steps are necessary to deliver
them, removing the burden from the user's workstation and allowing him to
continue with other work</font>